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CURTAIN POLE BRACKET.

Patented Nov. 16; 1897.

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E. E. BOLAND. CURTAIN POLE BRACKET.

No. 593,920.' Patented Nov. 16, 1897'.

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PATE T ELLA E. BOLAND, O-F PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO CHARLES H. LLOYD, OF SAME PLACE.

CU RTAlN-PO LE BRACKET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 593,920, dated November 16, 1897.

Applicationfiled October 1, 1896.

. this specification.

My invention relates to improvements in combined curtain-pole brackets and supports,

and pertains to a bracket carrying a springactuated shaft to hold the pole normally in a socket to permit the pole being drawn down I within reach, so that the curtain can be adjusted thereon without the use of chairs, tables, or ladders.

The object of-my invention is to provide a curtain-pole bracket carrying a spring-actuated shaft for supporting the pole, whereby the pole can be pulled down within reach of the person desiring to adjust the curtain, which enables the curtain to be placed thereon in the beginning or at any time thereafter be adjusted without the use of chairs, tables, or step-ladders, which is. the usual method now practiced where the poles are held or supported against downward movement independent of their supporting-brackets.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my invention, showing the pole supported in its normal position in solid lines and drawn downward in dotted lines to have the curtain placed or adjusted thereon. Fig. 2 is an enlarged perspective view of one of the brackets. Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view taken on the dotted line 3 3 of Fig. 4. Fig. .4 is a sectionalview taken horizontally through the bracket and the casing. Fig. 5 is a detached perspective view of the spring shaft and drum. Fig. 6 is a detached perspective view of the front for the casing.

Referring now to the drawings, 1 represents the base of a bracket adapted to be secured to the wall in the usual manner by screws or nails. This base is provided with anoutwardly-projecting arm 2, having a plurality Serial No. 607,521. (No model.) I I of openings 20, into which a clamping-screw 17 passes, as clearly shown in Fig. 4.

' 3 is a casing receiving a spring 10, which has its inner end attached to a shaft 9, passing through the casing, the outer end of the spring being connected to the inner side of the casing, as is usual in such constructions. Projecting laterally from this casing 3 is an arm 4, having a side groove 8, adapted to receive the arm 2 of the base 1. This arm 4 is provided with a series of openings also adapted to receive the screw 17, which passes therethrough into the arm 2, as clearly shown in- Fig. 4. In this manner the bracket is adjustable lengthwise to suit the purposes and convenience of the user, as will be readily understood.

Placed upon the opposite end of the shaft I 9 from the spring. 10 is a drum 11, around which a tape or cord 12 passes and is wound thereon through the medium of the spring 10. The casing '3 has an opening through which the cord passes, and the end of the casing opposite the spring is closed by means of a detachable cap 5. This cap is held in place bymeans of screws 30 and is provided with a slit 31, through which the cord or tape 12 passes, as clearly shown in Fig. 6.

The tape 12 is provided-at its end with an opening 13, which receives a smallhook or eye attached to the upper side of the curtainpole 25, which carries the curtain- 36 in the usual way.

The tape 12 is provided with a second opening 14 (shown in Fig. 3) near its inner end, so that when the curtain is drawn downward, as shown in Fig; 1, these openings 14 may be caused to engage the projection 15 upon the casing just back of 'the tape-opening, and

thus prevent the tape from being drawn within the casing by the spring 10 and permit the pole to remain in the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1 while the curtain is either placed or adjusted thereon. When this has been accomplished, it is only necessary to draw the pole outward until the openings 14 are disengaged from the projection 15, when the pole will move upward to position beneath the casing 3.

The under side of the casing 3 is provided with arms 6, which form a socket to receive the pole, as clearly shown in Fig. 1.

From the above description it will be understood that the main idea of the the invention is to provide a bracket with a spring-support for the pole and a stop or socket to receive the pole when it is drawn upward by the said spring through the medium of a tape or cord. lhe construction is simple and cheap and, as before explained, enables the curtain-pole to be drawn down Within reach for adjusting the curtain thereon to prevent the necessity of using chairs, tables, and ladders.

By the usual method of placing curtains upon poles it is exeeedin gly trying upon ladies to adjust them in position, and the position is awkward for them, making it difficult to properly adjust the curtain. By the construction here shown the pole is drawn down Within their reach and held in that position, so that they may take their time under the most favorable circumstances to properly adjust or place the curtain upon the pole.

Having thus fully described my invention, What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A bracket having at its outer end a springeasing, a shaft passing through the casing and rotated by the spring, the casing having a stop or socket for the pole, a tape having one end adapted to be attached to the curtainpole and adjacent its opposite end a transverse opening, and a projection upon the casing adapted to pass through the transverse opening for the purpose described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

ELLA E. BOLAND.

Witnesses:

GEORGE EARLE, PATRICK F. TooLE. 

